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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Fruit Salad with Honey-Lime Dressing - Easy

Fruit salad is very easy to make ... especially if you have someone else make it. But to really make it easy, especially if you don't have any spare friends of the bride to delegate to, just omit the cantaloupe that you bought because only 3 fruits didn't seem like enough at the time while you were at the local try-n-save stocking up on picnic produce but after assembling the salad it looked like you would have plenty enough to serve everyone who showed up at the local park the same time you did instead of just the 8 people invited, so you left said cantaloupe in the very lovely sterling fruit basket given as a wedding gift earlier by said spare friend.

Strawberries are rather perishable, so this is not a recipe that can be made too far in advance. Make this salad the same day you plan to serve it.

To be honest, I prefer grapes with seeds. I think the flavor gene is attached to the seed gene. When seeds were bred out, the flavor went with it. But the idea of standing there, cutting out the seeds in order to make enough for more than two people, would take an entire day (or at least feel like an entire day) ... even if you can convince a spare friend to do the job for you. So I settle for grapes of the seedless persuasion.

Leave out the dressing if you wish, but you will be missing out on its sweet-citrus flavor that enhances the taste of the fruit. Not to mention the lovely gloss it adds. Remember ... people also taste with their eyes.

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I made this for Easter dinner, served it in a waffle bowl for adults and an ice cream cone weighted down with jellybeans (an idea off pinterest). I told the kids they had to eat the fruit to get to the jellybeans (just 6 jellybeans) and they all ate it first and wanted seconds! Simply delicious fruit salad, and I added mango and cantaloupe since they were on sale instead of blueberries. Thanks!

This makes about 12 half-cup servings. The amount you should make depends upon how polite your guests are (some take more, some take less), how many other desserts are offered and the fact that not everyone eats fruit.

Sounds delightful. One VERY important note though. You should NEVER put a citrus dressing in an aluminum pan. It will interact with the aluminum and leach the metal into the food. Ingested Aluminum is considered a dangerous contributor for Alzheimer's disease.

I'd add bananas to this recipe too, for the texture. And maybe raspberries or blackberries. YUM.

Your view was first mentioned back in the 60s and 70s. But current medical and scientific studies have failed to confirm any role for aluminum in causing Alzheimer’s. Few believe that everyday sources of aluminum, such as antiperspirants and pots & pans pose any health threat.

Regardless of if you believe there are health risks, it still makes the fruit have a metallic taste that distracts from the true flavor. Just like when you let tomato sauce sit in a pan too long. Yuck.This recipe sounds amazing, I'm gonna try it. With grapes with seeds, as long as you know they are there and you are not wondering what you are crunching on it's fine. Grape seeds are very good for you!

This salad is best served the same day you make it. But if you need to make this in advance, cut up the fruit, them store each separately in the fridge the night before. The next day, just before you are ready to serve (or cart elsewhere), combine the fruits, then whisk and pour the dressing over the salad.

I used strawberries, apples, mandarin oranges, and pineapple. The mix of the citrus with the sweetness, and then the strong (almost a slight ferment) was amazing!!!!! a must try!!! the colors are grogeous mixed too!

My teenage daughter took this to her banquet (potluck)dinner last night. She made it up a few hrs ahead of time with the glaze, folded it lightly, covered it with plastic wrap, and popped it in the fridge until time to leave. The hardest part was staying out of it! It looked amazing and smelled heavenly too.It kept beautifully and the natural juices from the fresh fruit blended with the honey-lime glaze wonderfully. A light folding right before serving and it tasted FABULOUS! It was a HUGE hit! She used my biggest glass bowl( which is BIG )and it was cleaned up in not time at all. Thank you for the recipe - it will be one of our favorites.

What would you recomend to use instead of lime juice? Would lemon juice work, or even some orange juice? Going to make this for a family birthday/mothers day get together this weekend! Thank you for posting this.

I love the tartness of lime juice, but not everyone does, so feel free to use lemon, orange or even pomegranate juice. You might have to tinker with the quantities, but taste-testing is part of the fun and joy of cooking ... even when no cooking is involved. Since it's easier to add than subtract, start out with a tablespoon of whatever juice you use, then add more, a teaspoon at a time until you reach perfection.

I am a baker. But for my church potluck because of my last name I was in the "bring a fruit or vegi" category. Yikes! Searched the web and found you!! YEAH!!! This was so easy and so yummy! We added sliced kiwi. We also used both red and green grapes. My teen daughter helped me make this. She doesn't like lime or honey but loves this dish! It was a HUGE hit! Thanks!

I just made it last night and really liked it! Made the fruit more special! Did give the fruit a glossy look and the fruit tasted juicier because of the yummy honey-lime. Would do it again! I added raspberries to the strawberries/blueberries/green grapes. :) :) :)

I made it last night and really like it! It tasted so much juicier actually with the honey-lime added (and did look glossier)! Couldn't get enough! I used strawberries/blueberries/green grapes/raspberries. :) Easy to prep! I WOULD MAKE IT AGAIN :) :) I mixed it all in a glass bowl, because of the comments above on aluminum. Fit fine!

I made this for a party. I knew some people had diabetes, so I made one bowl plain fruit and one bowl with the dressing. Same fruit in both bowls. The fruit with the dressing was devoured and the plain bowl was still more than half full. Teenagers were drooling over the fruit. I finally dumped the plain fruit into the empty fruit bowl that still had some dressing in it.

I tried this last year for my granddaughter's first birthday. It was the first thing gone and everyone was asking if there was any more...delicious and beautiful too! I added blackberries. I also made it for work for a potluck where there were 2-3 other fruit salads..same result. This is a keeper!

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